World War Z update 1.03: Here’s the details on what is being smoothed out in Saber’s horde shooter.

Patch notes for World War Z update version 1.0.3 has been revealed by developer Saber Interactive on the Focus Home Interactive forums. Despite being fairly well received when it launched on April 16th, the game has been mired by bugs and issues with multiplayer connectivity which this patch hopes to fix.

First off, the developers made note that this update will land on PS4 first, with patches for the Xbox One and PC versions of the game coming soon. Their game plan going forward is to “release the updates as soon as they are ready.”

Patch 1.03 has fixed a number of issues on PS4 including problems with save games getting corrupted and progression being reset. Beyond that, there appears to have been a focus on smoothing out matchmaking, which should mitigate connectivity trouble between players.

Saber has also issued a number of balance fixes, reducing the damage of the Compact Shotgun and increasing the time necessary to save friendly NPCs to 60 seconds on lower difficulties, whilst reducing the effectiveness of AI bots. A couple of issues with trophy tracking have also been remedied. You can read the full patch notes below for more details.

World War Z Patch Notes

Stability:

Fixed an issue that caused save file corruption.

Fixed an issue with save backups restoring saves with 0 progression.

Fixed a large number of connectivity, matchmaking and party system issues.

Fixed a large number of gameplay crashes.

Fixed a large number of gameplay bugs that caused inability to progress in level.

Gameplay:

You will now only gain XP toward weapon upgrades if you have purchased the prior upgrade for that weapon, i.e. level two must be purchased to be able to gain XP toward level 3.